Use of natural medicines in the Danish population: A national cross-sectional survey

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1534-1538

  Nielsen, Merete Willemoes ^a,b   Hansen, Ebba H ^a,b   Rasmussen, Niels K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b FKL Research Centre for Quality in Medicine Use   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Natural medicines

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DENMARK; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 23944514772     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1G119     Document Type: Review

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